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Comptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548
Decision
Matter of: Williams Electric Company, Inc.
File: B-275019
Date: January 16, 1997
Raymond Fioravanti, Esq., Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., for the protester.
Maj. Marvin Gibbs, and Gary M. Parker, Esq., Department of the Army, for the
agency.
Mary G. Curcio, Esq., David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the
General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest that agency improperly rejected bid as unbalanced is denied where bidder's
explanation of why certain costs were properly included under line items, the price
for which the agency considered to be enhanced, rather than under other line items
the price for which the agency considered to be understated, is based on an
unreasonable interpretation of the solicitation.
DECISION
Williams Electric Company protests the rejection of its bid as unbalanced and the
consequent award of a contract to North Landing Line Company under invitation for
bids (IFB) No. DABT57-96-B-0090, issued by the Department of the Army for
electrical work involving the replacement of crossarms, poles, and transformers at
Fort Eustis, Virginia.
We deny the protest.
The solicitation schedule required bidders to provide a lump-sum price for each of
four line items: CLIN 0001/Base Bid, for Replacement of crossarms Feeder 'B';
CLIN 0002/Optional Bid Item 0001, for Replacement of poles, 85, 86, 87, and 88;
CLIN 0003/Optional Bid Item 0002, for Replacement of poles 8-24, 8-25, and 8-28A;1
and CLIN 0004/Optional Bid Item 0003, to Replace pad mounted transformers, and
15 KV [kilovolt] oil switches, 800 block. The solicitation provided that the award
1Although the schedule description of CLINs 0002 and 0003 referred to replacement
of the specified poles, the drawings showed that the poles themselves were to
remain, and instead various items related to the poles (such as the crossarms and
switches) were to be replaced.
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